Lambert Beauduin

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Lambert Beauduin

Lambert Beauduin OSB (born August 4, 1873 in Rosoux-les-Waxemme (Liège), † January 11, 1960 in Chevetogne ) was a Belgian religious, liturgist and ecumenist.

Lambert Beauduin, son of a Belgian industrialist, was ordained a priest in 1897 and became a monk in the Benedictine abbey of Mont César (Keizersberg Abbey) near Leuven and initiator of the Belgian liturgical movement . In 1925, with the special aim of building bridges to the Christian East, he founded a Benedictine filiation in Amay , which was relocated to Chevetogne in the Ardennes in 1939 - Priorat since 1928 and Chevetogne Abbey since 1990 .

Along with Annibale Bugnini, he was considered one of the most influential theologians in modern Catholic liturgy. He also gave decisive impulses for Catholic ecumenism . Was strongly influenced by him u. a. Paul Couturier .

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  1. ^ "Lambert Beauduin OSB" , accessed on January 22, 2009
  2. Andrea Grillo, Michael Meyer-Blanck: “Introduction to liturgical theology” , viewed on January 22, 2009